'Rafa is okay, nothing serious. He did not have any stomach upset. He was playing in the US Open with the same wrist issue. It is getting better and better but still it is sometimes painful. We still have two days of competition. So he might play one of these days' IMAGE: Spain's Rafael Nadal watches proceedings during the Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie between India and Spain in New Delhi on Friday. Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI Rafael Nadal is still recovering from a wrist injury ...

New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez fought off a brave challenge from the Indian duo of Leander Paes and Saketh Myneni in the doubles rubber to hand Spain an unassailable 3-0 lead in their Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie here on Saturday.

Then Ramanathan attempted to run in, but Feliciano passed him with ease to earn the first break. Despite a spirited show from the Indian, it was Feliciano’s clever ploy of rushing, coupled with his big serve and experience, which tipped the tie in his ...

The absence of Rafael Nadal came as a huge disappointment to the large number of spectators at the DTLA Courts on Friday night, but it could not bring any twist to the expected tale on Day One of the India-Spain Davis Cup World Group play-off tie. Spain, who ...

New Delhi: Not having stars such as Roger Federer , Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic is a blow to the IPTL, the organisers conceded on Tuesday but promised to bring back the big names in the future editions. The organiser urged the fans to not ...

Documents relating to Farah, and published on the fancybear.net website, showed that the distance runner had no active Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs) at the time of the Olympics. TUEs allow athletes to take banned substances for verified medical needs and there is no suggestion any of those named have broken any rules IMAGE: Rio Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah of Britain celebrates with his 10,000m and 5,000m medals. Photograph: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters Olympic champions Mo Farah, Rafael ...

NEW DELHI, Sept 16: A gritty Ramkumar Ramanathan showed stomach for fight despite his limitations against a much-superior rival even as Feliciano Lopez, playing in place of Rafael Nadal, handed Spain a 1-0 lead by winning the opening singles tie of the Davis ...

- 'To come and watch a 14-time Grand Slam champion is unbelievable. For me even now, at this stage of my career, where I have played 30 years, you can come out and watch what Rafa does and learn so much.' IMAGE: Rafael Nadal, left, speaks to his partner Leander Paes during their men's doubles match at the BNP Paribas Masters, in Paris, on November 3, 2015. Photograph: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images For athletes who go on to transform themselves into legends, learning is a never-ending ...

MADRID, Sep 6: Spain will bring its strongest possible squad including 14-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal and World No.13 David Ferrer to face hosts India in a Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie. World No.5 Nadal, who on Monday crashed out of ...